Annual percentage change in primary energy from coal by country

Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.

Countries reporting
75
Highest
820.0%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
-90.2%
Algeria
Median
-2.1%
Years covered
60
1966–2025
Data points
4,178

What the numbers show

Annual percentage change in primary energy from coal is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 820.0% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is -90.2% in Algeria.

The median across all reporting countries is -2.1%, and the mean is 5.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 499.7%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 3,888.5%).

Annual percentage change in primary energy from coal: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 820.0% 1996 volatile
2 United Arab Emirates 41.2% 2025 up 415.0% volatile
3 Bangladesh 31.9% 2025 down 86.0% volatile
4 Uzbekistan 31.6% 2025 up 261.6% volatile
6 Chile 15.8% 2025 up 499.7% volatile
7 Pakistan 14.9% 2025 up 314.0% volatile
8 Singapore 12.5% 2025 up 172.1% volatile
9 Bulgaria 10.6% 2025 up 228.8% volatile
10 United States 10.1% 2025 up 174.1% volatile
11 Netherlands 10.0% 2025 down 54.7% volatile
12 Egypt 9.9% 2025 down 90.7% volatile
13 Indonesia 9.2% 2025 down 31.9% volatile
14 Belgium 9.2% 2025 up 490.7% volatile
15 Kazakhstan 7.2% 2025 up 127.5% volatile
16 Latvia 5.6% 2025 up 125.8% volatile
17 Morocco 5.5% 2025 down 45.6% volatile
18 Malaysia 4.3% 2025 down 67.7% volatile
19 Peru 3.9% 2025 up 158.1% volatile
20 North Macedonia 3.7% 2025 up 137.3% volatile
21 Vietnam 2.9% 2025 down 88.9% volatile
22 Norway 2.2% 2025 up 121.0% volatile
23 Iran 2.0% 2025 down 89.9% volatile
24 Saudi Arabia 1.2% 2025 up 103.5% volatile
25 Turkey 0.9% 2025 up 123.4% volatile
26 India 0.3% 2025 down 83.9% volatile
27 Ecuador 0.2% 2025 down 97.5% volatile
28 South Korea 0.1% 2025 down 77.5% volatile
29 China 0.0% 2025 up 100.1% volatile
30 Czechia -0.1% 2025 up 50.9% volatile
31 Poland -0.3% 2025 up 83.4% volatile
32 Qatar -0.3% 2025 up 99.3% volatile
33 Azerbaijan -0.3% 2025 down 100.6% volatile
34 Oman -0.3% 2025 down 100.7% volatile
35 Venezuela -0.3% 2025 up 95.7% volatile
36 Kuwait -0.3% 2025 up 98.4% volatile
37 Sweden -0.8% 2025 down 363.7% volatile
38 South Africa -1.9% 2025 up 20.9% volatile
39 Brazil -2.1% 2025 down 448.5% volatile
40 Croatia -2.3% 2025 up 63.2% volatile
41 Austria -2.4% 2025 down 128.3% volatile
42 Belarus -3.0% 2025 up 72.6% volatile
43 Finland -3.2% 2025 up 78.1% volatile
44 Thailand -3.3% 2025 down 78.8% volatile
45 Argentina -3.6% 2025 down 635.0% volatile
46 Australia -3.6% 2025 down 201.3% volatile
47 Japan -3.8% 2025 down 530.7% volatile
48 Russia -5.1% 2025 down 198.1% volatile
49 France -5.1% 2025 down 11.4% volatile
50 Germany -5.6% 2025 down 377.1% volatile
51 Estonia -5.9% 2025 up 48.5% volatile
52 Romania -7.2% 2025 down 293.9% volatile
53 Mexico -7.8% 2025 down 3,888.5% volatile
54 Taiwan -7.8% 2025 down 159.9% volatile
55 Ukraine -8.0% 2025 up 65.3% volatile
56 Philippines -9.4% 2025 down 202.9% volatile
57 Italy -9.4% 2025 down 44.1% volatile
58 Sri Lanka -11.2% 2025 down 132.3% volatile
59 Slovakia -12.0% 2025 down 234.0% volatile
60 Cyprus -13.7% 2025 down 127.5% volatile
61 Greece -15.2% 2025 up 6.0% volatile
62 Canada -15.4% 2025 down 164.6% volatile
63 Hong Kong -16.2% 2025 up 8.8% volatile
64 Spain -16.2% 2025 down 192.4% volatile
65 Portugal -16.7% 2025 down 176.9% volatile
66 New Zealand -18.3% 2025 down 1,951.9% volatile
67 Lithuania -25.0% 2025 down 26.2% volatile
68 Switzerland -26.5% 2025 down 208.1% volatile
69 Iceland -26.7% 2025 down 350.6% volatile
71 Israel -32.6% 2025 down 1,476.9% volatile
72 Colombia -34.7% 2025 down 391.3% volatile
73 Slovenia -39.4% 2025 down 3,828.3% volatile
74 Hungary -47.6% 2025 down 1,409.1% volatile
75 United Kingdom -51.8% 2025 down 146.5% volatile
76 Denmark -59.2% 2025 down 105.0% volatile
77 Algeria -90.2% 2025 down 251.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Annual percentage change in primary energy from coal
Unit
%
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
80 places, 4,178 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed

Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.